CODEX GREGORIANUS

Codex Gregorianus (koh-deks gri-gor-ee-ay-n[schwa]s). [Latin] Roman law. A collection of imperial con-stitutions compiled by the Roman jurist Gregorius and published in A.D. 291. — Also termed Gregorian Code. “The imperial enactments, rapidly increasing in number, covering, at hazard, the whole range of law, and, by reason of difficulties of communication and imperfect methods of promulgation, […]